Coat Racks and Stands
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Brass
20th Century Unknown Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1920s Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Bronze
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1920s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
19th Century English Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1920s European Industrial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Macassar, Oak, Walnut
1980s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
1970s American Industrial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Asian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 20th Century American Victorian Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
20th Century Russian Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rope
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century English Jacobean Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
19th Century Austrian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Edwardian Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Antique and Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Your guests might have to endure all kinds of harsh climes to get to your housewarming party, so let’s make sure their trusty overcoats and umbrellas have a home. Shop the antique and vintage coat racks and stands on 1stDibs today.
Coat racks, umbrella stands, wall-mounted hooks for outerwear — they’ve long served a practical purpose. In the days of travel by horse or foot, a guest might arrive on your doorstep bedraggled, windblown and often dripping with rain. While transportation has thankfully improved since then, a coat rack in the entryway or foyer of your home is still the beacon it was back then: It says, “Come in, where it’s dry and warm. Hang up your coat and stay a while.”
Coat stands are among history’s fairly rudimentary ideas, so it’s difficult to point to the original inventor of this eternally functional fixture, but Thomas Jefferson was said to have fashioned one of his own at Monticello. Jefferson, who would’ve made a great interior designer, placed a long wooden pole in his closet that was adorned with spokes from which his coats and other garments could be hung. The simplicity of Jefferson’s coat-tree is echoed in designs from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The timeless convenience of a wooden coat rack has endured. While there are striking Art Deco coat stands made of oak and walnut that would meet your mudroom needs well, some of the product designers behind what we now call mid-century modern coat stands turned to materials other than wood, working frequently with plastic and chrome to create unconventional alternatives. Simpler and pared-down coat stands of the mid-20th century were occasionally so interesting in form that they could pass as minimalist sculptures when not in use. Some designers, such as Jacques Adnet, helped to redefine what these classic furnishings could look like, integrating saddle leather and brass and sometimes even horseshoes for his wall hooks and racks.
Although a coat rack is undoubtedly a practical investment, we know that fun comes along with functionality. There is plenty to explore in the collection of antique, vintage and contemporary coat racks and stands on 1stDibs, so go ahead — hang up your coat and stay a while.